italian pixie owner ;)

[arci90]

hi guys, im italian, so im sorry for my bad english
i write to u cause in italy these frogs are not so common pet

ok, i start to show you my pixie, my pixie's house etc etc

- Pixie's house: 65x45x45 = 131 lt = 33 gallon
i use coco husk and a box with water ( i change water everyday)

- Heating: i use a heating pad of 40w, but i read on this forum its a wrong choice...right? (in italy all says lamp are wrong cause they dry frog's skin)
do u advise me to change the pad with a lamp? if yes, how many watts? i usually have 68' in winter in my home...

- fodd: my frog eats everything...pinkies, circkets,croakrocheas...i use calcium and vitamin D3...i dont use a UVB lamp.

[mafoo]

welcome to the forum! from what i know the coco husk is bad as it causes impaction and you should switch that out for coconut fiber thats eco earth or plantation soil as thats the way to go with these kind of frogs. i dont know if the heating pad is bad but id change it out with a 50w light red light and keep that on all day. for the lamps drying out your frogs skin just make sure the humidity is up there at about 80% and itll be fine as long as u dont go over 50w. if u havent already id first buy a thermometer for your frogs tank and if the tempeture is anyware from 77-90 u can keep the heat pad on. what your feeding him is great just dont feed to many pinkies and id only feed 1 or 2 a month. crickets and the roaches are great and if u wanna add more variety u can also feed nightcrawlers/earthworms since they work as a staple to. hopefully all this stuff will be easy to get and do for you since i dont know if they have diffrent stuff there in italy. if u need anymore help just ask on here and im sure u will get a good answer to your question!

[arci90]

ty for the answer! i was wrong, i dont have coco husk, i have the one u said (coconut fiber)!

so u advise me to buy a 50w light...why red light? i have to link the lamp with a thermostat? or not need?

i have another question...why in this picture http://www.frogforum.net/members/jim...-dsc-0157.html there are no coconut fiber, no earth but only bricks and water? its good for pixies?

[mafoo]

the reason i think a red light is best is just to save hastle of heating the tank at night as u can leave the red light on all the time. it makes things alot easier when your gone for a day or two and wont be able to turn the lights out. i wouldnt bother linking the lamp to the thermostat as long as the tempeture is good in the tank. just buy a digital thermometer with a probe from a pet store and make sure the tempeture is anywhere from 77-90.

for the bricks in that picture i got no clue about it. i dont think its too good as pyxies like to burrow and they wouldnt be able to then but im not sure since alot of people use an all water setup with just things to climb up on to get out of the water like that. hopefully somebody who knows more will come in and help you out there since itd be really easy to setup and change out.

[arci90]

the reason i think a red light is best is just to save hastle of heating the tank at night as u can leave the red light on all the time. it makes things alot easier when your gone for a day or two and wont be able to turn the lights out. i wouldnt bother linking the lamp to the thermostat as long as the tempeture is good in the tank. just buy a digital thermometer with a probe from a pet store and make sure the tempeture is anywhere from 77-90.

for the bricks in that picture i got no clue about it. i dont think its too good as pyxies like to burrow and they wouldnt be able to then but im not sure since alot of people use an all water setup with just things to climb up on to get out of the water like that. hopefully somebody who knows more will come in and help you out there since itd be really easy to setup and change out.

ok...so my setup is better

But about lamp...i really dont like red light, i think is not realistic...

can i use a ceramic lamp? it should make warm but no light...right? and if yes, how many watts? or u think ceramic lamp do less warm then light lamp?

ps: its a few nights, i hear my frog croaking...it means hes a male? or also female pixie frog croaks in the evening?

[mafoo]

well the frogs dont mind the red light but if you dont like it im sure a ceramic lamp will work to, id go 50w to for that. just to be sure though since it could be diffrent when u go buy it at the pet store ask what watts the light should be to get it to 77-90. pet stores usualy dont know much about there animals but most of the time they got a decent idea of the wattage, just make sure its not to much higher/lower then 50w.

croaking is a definate sign of a male! congratz!

[pyxieBob]

yup that is 100% normal. they almost entirely terrestrial animals. Totally normal behavior. I don't even keep water dishes in any of my Pyxi frogs enclosures


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[GRABibus]

Mine goes often under substrate (Even with high humidity and usual temperatures).
I keep the water dish, because mine always makes its poops inside : it helps to keep the sustrate more clean on a longer period.

[arci90]

Mine goes often under substrate (Even with high humidity and usual temperatures).
I keep the water dish, because mine always makes its poops inside : it helps to keep the sustrate more clean on a longer period.

ok...its normal

btw i see a lot of pixie standing always in water...

[arci90]

hi guys i have a question: which is the best forum about chamaleon? (a friend has a furcifer pardalis)

[arci90]

hi guys i have a question: which is the best forum about chamaleon? (a friend has a furcifer pardalis)

up please

[Bruce]

Only feed mice about every other month, every month at the most.

[arci90]

thank you guys for answers

i have another question: when a pixie is sexually adult? i mean...my pixie is 8 months old...the years to be in reproductive-age?

[arci90]

these are some photos of my frog...can u help me to sex my pixie? my frog is 8 months old, and i heard some calls during this time...

[Bruce]

Do you know the length?

[arci90]

i just measure my frog...11-12 cm lenght and 9,5-10cm width; the measures are taken in the position of first photo...

[Bruce]

I'm gunna go ahead and say female then. My 2 month old confirmed male is that big already, and his head is much broader as well. The sound you heard was probably her grunting, my female does that sometimes too, and she's 4
Congrats! If you ask me, females have their perks over males. Less food, less poop, and not as aggressive in my experience.

[arci90]

I'm gunna go ahead and say female then. My 2 month old confirmed male is that big already, and his head is much broader as well. The sound you heard was probably her grunting, my female does that sometimes too, and she's 4
Congrats! If you ask me, females have their perks over males. Less food, less poop, and not as aggressive in my experience.

ok...so i have to find a male i want the double

[arci90]

Hi guys, now i have a double of african bullfrog...but probably i'll have to change terrarium

How many liters/gallons i need for an adult double (M+F) of african bullfrogs?

[GRABibus]

It's a female.
Concerning mouse, I give one mouse per month maximum to my female.
Otherwise, I feed her (She's one year old) 1 to 2 times per week with Dubia roaches, adult locusts, black crickets and nightcrawlers (Even if she doesn't like them anymore).